Lower middle income vs Portugal: Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per

Lower middle income
955.72 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
62,119 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Lower middle income rank
26th
Portugal rank
29th

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Portugal
-50.0k050.0k100.0k150.0k197019962023

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 62,119 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 955.72 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Lower middle income, a difference of 61,163 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Portugal's figure about 65.0 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Portugal ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 26th and Portugal ranks 29th of 47 groups.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 1.45 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 139.2 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 137.75 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
1980s 12.42 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 263.41 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 250.99 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
1990s 51.28 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 17,016 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 16,964 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
2000s 580.21 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 68,666 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 68,085 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
2010s 917.67 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 40,365 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 39,447 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal
2020s 1,050 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 23,859 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 22,809 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per, Lower middle income or Portugal?
Portugal, at 62,119 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 955.72 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Lower middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per between Lower middle income and Portugal?
61,163 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Portugal?
52 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2023.
How do Lower middle income and Portugal rank globally for foreign direct investment, net outflows (bop, current us$), per?
Lower middle income ranks 26th and Portugal ranks 29th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
235 places, 9,589 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.